Blues

Shawn Williams

Thu, 08/17/23
Shawn Williams calls her music “alt-rocka countrybilly serial killer blues,” and her sultry voice and often dark themes prompted Uncut magazine to call her “a spiritual sister to both Lucinda Williams and Chrissie Hynde.” The New Orleans native comes relatively new to the ... Read more

Gal Holiday & The Honky Tonk Revue

Thu, 08/17/23
Gal Holiday & The Honky Tonk Revue were at the forefront of New Orleans’ developing country and swing scene when they formed back in 2004. Powered up front by Vanessa Niemann’s masterful vocals and impeccable stage presence, the band remains a top dancehall favorite. Nieman... Read more

Chucky C & Friends

Thu, 08/17/23
Chucky C and The Clearly Blue Band (or Chucky C and Friends) is an electrifying group of musicians performing blues and jazz music straight from New Orleans. The band’s musical talent combined with Chucky C’s enthusiastic, infectious personality makes every performance an u... Read more

Billy Iuso

Mon, 08/14/23
New Orleans-based guitarist-singer-songwriter is a New York native who formed the funky, psychedelic guitar-fronted, jam funk pioneers Brides of Jesus in the early ‘90s. They quickly developed a strong following in the "Wetlands scene" in downtown Manhattan alongside Warren... Read more

Margie Perez

Mon, 08/14/23
Margie Perez is a talented singer, songwriter, and bandleader whose innate kindness and love for music inflects every performance. Perez offers a versatile blend of Latin, blues, and contemporary pop tunes in her repertoire, all shaded with New Orleans rhythmic energy. Pere... Read more

Deltaphonic

Tue, 08/08/23

The Quickening

Tue, 08/08/23

Anaïs St. John

Tue, 08/08/23
Anaïs St. John was raised in a musical household and trained as an opera singer, singing mezzo-soprano with the New Orleans Opera. She branched out as a solo artist, blending jazz, blues, and R & B, inspired by iconic singers like Eartha Kitt and Lola Falana, and hometown h... Read more

Mem Shannon

Tue, 08/08/23
Mem Shannon came up through the blues scene via a 15-year career as a New Orleans cab driver, and his 1996 breakthrough album, “A Cabdriver’s Blues,” put the guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter firmly on the musical map. Television and national press gave him a wide buzz, a... Read more

Big Sam's Funky Nation

Tue, 08/08/23
Backed by his band, Funky Nation, Sammie “Big Sam” Williams wields his trombone with a funk-driven, energetic authority that delights audiences from Frenchmen Street to France. Raised in the uptown Twelfth Ward and New Orleans East, an adolescent Williams ended up in the sc... Read more

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